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Jiddu Krishnamurti, We Salute You
I've rejected a lot of ideas for the "We Salute You" series because we need to keep it at least relatively sacred. So to drive the point home --- more for my own benefit than as some e-lecture to our diverse and amazing readers --- today we're going straight to the peak of the mountain.
Jiddu Krishnamurti is more important than Jesus to Brainsturbator. This is for two primary reasons. First, Jesus Christ's actual teachings, aside from fragments like the Gospel of Thomas, are almost entirely corrupted and lost today. Second, so far as I know, not a single person has been killed, nor a single war begun, nor a single child molested in the name of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Although it is of course no fault of Yeshua ben Josef's what has been done to his legacy after his, uh, "death", that's still something which must be weighed when considering the legacies of the two men.
Now that we've cleared out the room almost completely, let's begin.
In 1929, Jiddu Krishnamurti had it made. Theosophists had been awaiting the arrival of their "World Teacher" and they had decided he was none other than Jiddu Krishnamurti.
You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down and pick up something from the ground, look at it, and put it away in his pocket. The friend said to the devil, "What did that man pick up?" "He picked up a piece of Truth," said the devil. "That is a very bad business for you, then," said his friend. "Oh, not at all," the devil replied, "I am going to let him organize it."
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others. This is what everyone throughout the world is attempting to do.
....this is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. I am not concerned whether you pay attention to what I say or not. I want to do a certain thing in the world and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.
---full text of speech available here.
It's worth noting for any serious student of the Occult that although Krishnamurti did this, Theosophy is still around today. However, if you examine their history and dogmas, you will probably conclude that having their leader and teacher abandon them is probably among the least of their problems.
Salient Quotations
"Is the problem not one of refusing to accept a leader? This alone brings equality in social and economic relationships. When thrown on his own responsibility, man will inevitably question. And in questioning there is no higher, no lower. Any system based on acceptance of capacity differences to establish status must inevitably lead to a hierarchical society, and so breed class war. . . . What is it that gives dignity to man? Self-knowledge--the knowledge of what you are? The follower is the greatest curse."
---from "Krishnamurti: A Biography"
"We think that living is always in the present and that dying is something that awaits us at a distant time. But we have never questioned whether this battle of everyday life is living at all. We want to know the truth about reincarnation, we want proof of the survival of the soul, we listen to the assertion of clairvoyants and to the conclusions of psychical research, but we never ask, never, how to live--to live with delight, with enchantment, with beauty every day. We have accepted life as it is with all its agony and despair and have got used to it, and think of death as something to be carefully avoided. But death is extraordinarily like life when we know how to live. You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you do not die psychologically every minute. This is not an intellectual paradox. To live completely, wholly, every day as if it were a new loveliness, there must be dying to everything of yesterday, otherwise you live mechanically, and a mechanical mind can never know what love is or what freedom is."
---from "Freedom From the Known"
"It is always difficult to keep simple and clear. The world worships success, the bigger the better; the greater the audience the greater the speaker; the colossal super buildings, cars, aeroplanes and people. Simplicity is lost. The successful people are not the ones who are building a new world. To be a real revolutionary requires a complete change of heart and mind, and how few want to free themselves. One cuts the surface roots; but to cut the deep feeding roots of mediocrity, success, needs something more than words, methods, compulsions. There seem to be few, but they are the real builders--the rest labor in vain.
One is everlastingly comparing oneself with another, with what one is, with what one should be, with someone who is more fortunate. This comparison really kills. Comparison is degrading, it perverts one's outlook. And on comparison one is brought up. All our education is based on it and so is our culture. So there is everlasting struggle to be something other than what one is. The understanding of what one is uncovers creativeness, but comparison breeds competitiveness, ruthlessness, ambition, which we think brings about progress. Progress has only led so far to more ruthless wars and misery than the world has ever known. To bring up children without comparison is true education."
---"Freedom From the Known" again
The Original Freestyle Master
When Jiddu Krishnamurti speaks, it is a collaborative effort. Despite the fact that his audiences were mostly staring at him in mute rapture, he drew from those he spoke to as he shaped the conversation. Krishnamurti is constantly asking questions, and the astute reader will notice he seldom resolves any of them, even when he's explicitly answering his own queries. Dig the following:
"Fear and pleasure are the two principal things in us, driving forces, demanding more and more and more pleasure, and warding off fear. Right? Now what do you do with pleasure? You want more of it, surely--both physical, psychological pleasures. And in looking at pleasure very closely, one asks oneself: what is it? what is pleasure? Please sirs, do discuss with me. Come together. What is pleasure to you? Physical sensation, psychological factors.
Audience: For me pleasure is an escape.
K: For me, the gentleman says, pleasure is an escape. Escape from what? Am I escaping through pleasure? Escaping from fear of not having pleasure? Do look at it. Please sirs do look at yourselves and you will find out very simply this thing. Most of us are pursuing pleasure, aren't we? Why? Not that we should or should not. It would be absurd to say, `Don't have pleasure', when you look at the sky and the trees and the lovely countryside there is a delight. But why this pursuit of pleasure?
Audience: I feel that I sustain myself in pursuing pleasure.
K: Sustain yourself? Who is yourself? This is much more complex than that. Do go into it a little bit. First of all let's be very clear what we mean by pleasure. Pleasure is entirely different from joy, isn't it? No? When you are joyous, when you think about it, it becomes pleasure doesn't it?"
---from this link riiiiiiight here
Anyone familiar with NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) will recognize every single one of these patterns. The more dedicated students of NLP are probably thinking "holy f***ing jeebus, this dude is good". It's important to note, even if it's only in passing, that most of the cracker "innovations" like NLP are merely a re-formulation of a much older and vaster tradition, which once upon a time was called "magic" with a straight face. (And no fruitly little "k" at the end, either.)
One More Big Quote
Having lost self confidence, our problem is how to get it back—if we ever had it at all. Because, obviously, without the element of confidence we shall be led astray by every person we come across—and that is exactly what is happening.
Therefore, never accept any authority. Sir, after all, acceptance of authority indicates that the mind wants comfort, security. A mind that seeks security either with a guru or in a party, political or any other, a mind that is seeking safety, comfort, can never find truth, even in the smallest things of our existence. So, a man who wants this creative self-confidence must obviously be burning with the desire to know the truth of everything, not about empires or the atomic bomb, which is merely a technical matter, but in our human relationships, our relationship with others, and our relationship to property and to ideas. If I want to know the truth, I begin to enquire; and before I can know the truth of anything, I must have confidence. To have confidence, I must enquire into myself and remove those causes that prevent each experience from giving its full significance.
We have lost it, or we have never had it; and, because we do not know how to judge anything, we have been led here and pushed there, beaten up, driven, politically, religiously and socially. We don't know—but it is difficult to say we don't know.
So, that is the first requirement, is it not? To know the truth of anything psychologically, you cannot seek comfort; because, the moment you want comfort, security, a haven in which you are protected, you will have what you want, but what you have will not be the truth. Therefore, you will be persuaded by another who offers a greater comfort, a greater security, a better refuge; and so you are driven from port to port, and that is why you have lost confidence. You have no confidence because you have been driven from one refuge to another by your own desire to be comfortable, to be secure.
Internet Legacy
Hilariously enough, Krishnamurti has spawned inevitable organization, such as The Krishnamurti Foundation of America, or Krishnamurti Teachings International, or the Krishnamurti Information Network. On one hand --- boy, talk about not getting the point --- but on the other, these are of course nescessary and valuable to you and anyone else seeking to learn more and read more.
Naturally, the digital age has led to a "skeptical" scrutiny of Krishnamurti's work. I would refer the reader to this essay by Martin Gardner which aims to "critique" Krishnamurti, mostly via snide condescending remarks and mere gossip:
There were two Krishnamurtis. One was the persona presented to the world through lectures and books; a man without ego who led a sanctified life of celibacy and high moral purity. The other Krishnamurti was a shadowy, self-centered, vain man, capable of sudden angers and enormous cruelty to friends. He was also a habitual liar. Krishna, as his friends called him, freely admitted his compulsive lying. He blamed it on simple fear of having his deceptions detected.
Krishna's closest associate was Raja, whose full Indian name was Desikacharya Rajagopalacharya. A native of India, Raja was as handsome as Krishna, and for almost thirty years a devoted disciple who served as his master's business manager, secretary, literary agent, and editor. It was Krishna's good friend Aldous Huxley who introduced Raja to his editor at Harper and Row, the firm that published Krishna's many books. Krishna had little interest in writing or publishing, but he allowed Raja to cobble books out of his talks and notebooks, and to edit this material into volumes.
....and Martin Luther King was an adulterer. Ghandi had a weird thing about young girls (commonly diagnosed as "being a man", but that's just my unqualified opinion). JFK was banging Marilyn Monroe (I know, somehow that's a "bad thing" to some actual, living human beings).
We live in a culture that wants our heroes sanitized and stuffed, because the real message behind Martin Luther King day is this: he could do it, you cannot, so you honor him. His dream is dead, we have embalmed it, and you will pay respects. The most dangerous concept in our culture is a human hero, with human flaws, human weaknesses. Because then the message is: you know what? ANYONE CAN DO THIS.
Closing Words
My strongest and most emphatic suggestion would be that you not let your exploration of Jiddu Krishnamurti end here. The man had a great deal to say, all of it unspeakably valuable to you and your life. As LeVar Burton often reminded our generation, though, "don't take my word for it." Dig for yourself, but please, for the sake of all that is holy, for the survival of the human species, dig. And keep digging.
All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the followers and followers destroy the leaders. You have to be your own teacher and your own disciple. You have to question everything that man has accepted as valuable, as necessary.
---from Freedom From the Known
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Spruce'n Up the Yard
Thought I'd do a little biking before groceries Saturday. I'd just read about a short ride through Waukesha with the president of Carroll U, his wife, Mayor Scrima and others for a Ride with the President. They were pedalling through the historic McCall Street area, a side of town I don't get to nearly enough, to raise awareness and encourage use of alternative transportation. I didn't leave early enough.
I fought Saturday's strong wind most of the way to Carroll and was told they "just left" a little while ago. Fortunately I picked up a map of the route, I used it for short cuts to see if I could catch up to them. Thought I may have finally found the group at Frame Park, but the large group gathering near the Rotary Building was just the Pewaukee River Run finish line. (If it was windy for bicyclists it was even worse for canoes and kayaks.) The annual River Run, a major fund raiser of the Pewaukee Kiwanis, benefitting Pewaukee, is in it's 38th year.
What's Happening: May 2 to May 9
Pewaukee Area Arts Council Spring Bling!
Fashion Show fundraiser to benefit the Pewaukee Area Arts Council w/raffle, luncheon, fashion show and live auction 11-1pm in the Country Springs Hotel.- Country Springs Hotel Grand Ballroom, 262-468-4914, pewaukeearts.org
05/05/11- 05/08/11
17th Annual Eagle Business Association Community Rummage
Rummages throughtout the community. Come enjoy a day in the community that gives you a smile! - Homes throughout the Village and Town of Eagle, Wisconsin 53119, 262-594-3914, www.eaglebusinessassn.org
When will the new St. Vincent store on Sunset finally open?
The new St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store
"Spit in your shoe."
It was Mom's answer to "What can I do" when I was a young lad. I often asked the question when no brothers were around to play with. I thought she was a little strange. It shut me up. Didn't realize until years later she was just messing with me by rhyming.
If you enjoy shopping for good bargains on gently used clothes and other items there's plenty of opportunity: Besides the opening of the new St. Vincent thrift store Saturday, the St. William Spring Rummage Sale will be concluding with a $4.00 fill a bag sale.
Just when you thought it was safe to travel Waukesha streets
A neighbor, who also happens to work where I do, mentioned a couple weeks ago she had two close calls in two days on the same street, Arcadian. Monday she was involved in an accident. Can you guess where? Car pulled out of Aldi's without seeing the huge boat of a car my neighbor was driving.
I got home late last night after work and groceries. It was 9:00 by the time I walked in the door to find no one home but a lonely Bailey. Maybe they were out shopping?
WCT's Shakespeare, Take 2 - Twelfth Night - A New Understanding...
Is Shakespeare too lofty, too difficult to understand? Honestly, that's what I thought.
Up until very recently my Shakespeare experience was limited to being forced to read one of his works in a high school English class, watch one high school production and a few screen renditions. So, when I heard Waukesha Civic Theatre was presenting Twelfth Night, I was less than enthusiastic; and even more so after watching an extremely awful and horribly boring production via a library DVD. I didn't even want to blog this show!
Where to begin?
So much to blog about don't know where to start. Such a busy Saturday I had to write it down to keep track. Waukesha Farmers' Market opened at 8:00 and the bank at 8:30. Grand opening of the new St. Vincent store on Sunset at 9:00 and the Waukesha County Food Pantry where I was helping opens at 9:30. Worked till 11:30 at the Pantry and a birthday party for my young niece and nephew was at noon. Art Crawl started at 4:00 but I had time for a nap before heading down around 7:00.
Even though fresh produce wasn't in abundance, vendors were out in force for the market's opening. Plenty of canned goods, meat, plants, handmade jewelry, artwork, bakery and things. When the growing season gets going we'll see about 20 additional vendors beyond who was there last year. New stall space has been added to the back side of the former transit center closer to the river. It'll be a challenge to attract shoppers back there in it's first year, but good chance people will find welcoming shelter beneath the roof the first hot or wet morning we get. The Farmers' Market is open every Saturday 8:00 to noon now through October.
free concert tonight
The Windy Hill Handbells and UW-Waukesha Concert Choir will be performing tonight, Monday, at 7:30 in the Lunt Fontanne Theatre. It's the last concert before classes end for the summer. Should be good.
sour grapes?
We've known about this 30 year old wild grape vine for a while. It just looks different before it leafs out. At 200 or so feet end to end have to wonder if it's some kind of record.
What's Happening: May 9 to May 16
Lunch & Learn
Our May Lunch & Learn brings the series to the present with local representatives from Operation Homefront.$8 registration fee includes lunch, talk, tour, and admission to museum.- Waukesha County Museum, (262) 521-2859, www.waukeshacountymuseum.org
UW-Waukesha Vocal Jazz Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Join us for the harmonic and dynamic vocal styles of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble in a concert that will have your foot tapping to the swinging sounds of jazz. Admission is FREE (Donations accepted)
- UW-Waukesha,HUB-Commons Building Stage, 262-521-5481, http://www.waukesha.uwc.edu/index.html
Saturdays in May
Old World Wisconsin, 262-594-6300, www.oldworldwisconsin.org
Waukesha Farmers' Market
All products sold at the Waukesha Farmers' Market are grown, raised, or made in Wisconsin. Riverfront Plaza, Historic Downtown Waukesha, 262-549-6154, www.DowntownWaukesha.com
"Contrary Mary" How does your Garden Grow Art Exhibit
An exhibit featuring the floral art of Marcia Schneider and Jill Verbick
Show runs from May 16th to June 30th- 342 W Main St. Waukesha WI 53186, 262-542-1522, www.almontgallery.org
you don't have to walk to crawl
The Mother of All Art Crawls seemed a huge success. I took advantage of free structure parking because all the street parking was taken. I stopped in by a couple of my favorite galleries to see the new art and meet new artists. I even left my mark at Clinton Street Gallery on Main: a blank white wall was free for all to use in any way they saw fit. Markers were provided.
The first thing that caught my eye downtown were the new flag banners marking each stop on the crawl. Mainly white, and probably 10 feet or so tall, they can be seen from over a block away. The person who made them told us just one had tipped over in the breeze. The flags definitely catch the eye and make it more convenient for crawlers. They're especially useful in attracting attention to the galleries and studios off the beaten path.
station 2 in the news
Groundbreaking for relocating Fire station 2 was yesterday. I missed it even though I was right next door. I work at ODW Logistics on Pearl Street, the business bordering the station on the east. We'll be the safest place in Waukesha!
Also in the news is a mysterious death Sunday. A woman drove a man who had no pulse to Fire Station 2 and left him there. She must have been in a hurry to leave, saying she had to take care of kids, that it sounds like she didn't even give her name before hightailing it out of there.
going postal
|"Going postal" is a pejorative term. What does it really mean?
- All of the these (Checking to see if an elderly customer is ok., Collecting food for the needy., Paying postage due out of pocket to avoid a late charge on someone's bill.). The term "going postal" gained notoriety in the 1980s and 1990s, when some postal workers committed homicide inside the post office. The term has bad connotations, and postal workers are sick and tired of these connotations. The real meaning of "going postal" is going above and beyond what postal workers normally do. Why not thank them for the good deeds they do day in and day out?
I'd first thought I'd be helping the Waukesha Food Pantry when I signed up to volunteer for this year's National Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive via the Salvation Army website. I'm on the Salvation Army email list, and the site is a breeze to use for volunteering. I even mentioned to Judy at the Pantry that I'd already signed up. I soon realized, however, that I'd instead be helping the Salvation Army. It's all good though, because the food is distributed to the same less fortunate people, the Pantry and Salvation Army work well together, and I enjoy volunteering with both.
What's Happening: May 16 to May 23
"Contrary Mary" How does your Garden Grow Art Exhibit
An exhibit featuring the floral art of Marcia Schneider and Jill Verbick
Show runs from May 16th to June 30th- 342 W Main St. Waukesha WI 53186, 262-542-1522, www.almontgallery.org
05/16/11- 06/04/11
Memories of World War II
Almost two hundred reporters and photographers fanned out around the globe to cover WWII for The Associated Press. The best of these images make up for important exhibition.- Waukesha County Museum, 262-521-2859, www.waukeshacountymuseum.org
Don't fear the IRS
The International Ride of Silence is Wednesday the 18th. It's the second time Waukesha has been involved in this bike ride in memory of those killed or injured while riding. Started in 2003, the event raises awareness of bicycles and riders the same time and day world wide.
I was among the large group of riders last year. They again leave from the State Bank parking lot around 7:00 p.m. You know it's supposed to be silent, but last year it was eerily quiet - the only sound coming from shifting derailleurs and the click of clip-less pedals. If anyone saw the group coming toward them their question of where were we going was met with shrugs.
National Bike Month
Overcast and threatening, but the rain held off the the annual bike ride to raise safety awareness and remember those killed while biking; the Ride of Silence. There was a goodly amount of riders, most wearing bright shirts to commemorate the ride and for the visibility. Once again, even though it was required for this ride, I was the only one without a helmet. Don't own one. Never have.
We're not racing. Escorted by police, the ride through Waukesha is another good reason to get out and on a bike. Riding through neighborhoods you normally wouldn't see, I took pleasure in the nice homes and yards along the way. Spring is blooming and there's much to see by bike. Baseball is in season and we rode past many games at Saratoga and Buchner.
the job's not over until the paperwork is finished
The recount is over! Waukesha County finished it's recount Wednesday and sent all the volunteer tabulators home. All that's left is another day or two to reconcile the numbers.
I left work early yesterday because it was slow for once. Courthouse is on my way, so stopped to see the new cafeteria recount setup. Every time I get to the courthouse there's little going on in the recount. After work they're usually done counting for the day and just going over the paperwork. Even though the count is over, this being the last time I'd stop by, there was something going on.
My son's black Harley 1200 Sportster won't be back. Fortunately our son will. He goes back to work today after a several month break.
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From human resources departments to doctors' offices, requests for a Social Security number are a frequent occurrence. Many consumers rattle off their digits without a second thought out of habit and assume a company or medical office will keep their information secure. But a recent incident in which Gap Inc. inadvertently mailed employee files containing Social Security numbers to a customer in Massachusetts proves how easy it is for your number to be mishandled.
"It's hard to tell whether a business is going to follow best practices," says Aaron Messing, an information privacy attorney at OlenderFeldman LLP in New Jersey. "The best way to protect private information including Social Security numbers is to limit who has access to it."
Data breaches, stolen laptops or identity theft rings with ties inside a company are just a few ways your Social Security number can fall into the wrong hands. Armed with your number, an identity thief could use it to file a fraudulent tax return or apply for a mortgage in your name. The risk also extends beyond your finances. If another person uses your name and Social Security number to obtain medical care, his or her records could get intermingled with yours and lead to errors based on information about your allergies, medical conditions or blood type.
[Read: How to Protect Your Elderly Parents From Being Scammed.]
To make sure this doesn't happen to you, here's a look at strategies for safeguarding your Social Security number:
Ask why it's necessary and how it will be used. "There is no reason to give out your Social Security number unless there is a legitimate business purpose, and most instances it is requested there is not a legitimate need," says Denis Kelly, president of IDCuffs.com, an identity theft prevention company. "Little Johnny's registration for a baseball league certainly does not meet this threshold." The Social Security Administration website lists 16 situations, in which your Social Security number is legally required, such as filing your taxes or applying for food stamps.
Banks, utility companies and doctors' offices ask for your number because they're extending credit to you and want to verify that you are who you say you are. But Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of the Privacy Journal, says this is partly an intimidation tactic. "They want to lead the consumer to believe that they have a method of tracking you down if you don't pay your bills," he says. If the case for your Social Security number seems suspect, ask why the person needs it and how it will be used and protected. When filling out a form that includes a field for your Social Security number, you can simply leave it blank, and only furnish it if asked and if given a logical reason.
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Offer an alternate identifier. In some cases, alternate identifiers such as your driver's license number or the last four digits of your Social Security number may suffice. If you own a business and have an employer identification number associated with your business, you may be able to use that in lieu of your Social Security number on certain forms. If a phone representative is adamant about needing your Social Security number, you might call back later and see if you can reach someone else who's willing to use a different identifier or find another option that makes you more comfortable. "Never use your Social Security number unless you absolutely have to," Kelly says.
Be skeptical of emails and incoming phone calls. Giving out your Social Security number on the phone to a representative of a company you've contacted is one thing. But if you didn't initiate the call, it's possible that you're talking to a scammer. As Kelly explains, don't feel like you have to provide your information "if someone does call you and says, 'This is so and so from your bank, I'm just calling to verify a few things. For security reasons, can you please confirm your Social Security number?'" Instead, he recommends saying you'll call back once you've looked up the phone number. Don't respond to email requests for your Social Security number either because it could be a phishing scam, even if it appears to come from your bank or other legitimate organization.


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Any rise in the use of cheaper, non-branded HIV drugs could see more patients with treatment failure, doctors warn.Soon-to-be available generic medicines could save the US health care system nearly $1bn a year, they say in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.But trial data suggests generic drugs might be slightly less effective.And they require users to take three daily pills instead of one, increasing the risk some patients may miss doses.The doctors calculate reduced treatment efficacy could result in 4.4 months of life lost per patient lifetime.At the same time the lifetime financial savings would be $42,500 (£26,500) per patient, say the Massachusetts General Hospital investigators.The currently recommended treatment for newly diagnosed patients is a single pill (Atripla) taken daily that combines three brand-name antiretrovirals - tenofovir (Viread), emtricitabine (Emtriva) and efavirenz (Sustiva).A generic form of a drug that has a similar mechanism of action to emtricitabine became available in January 2012, and a generic version of efavirenz is expected in the relatively near future.Patients could soon take these two less expensive generic drugs alongside the brand drug tenofovir.Lead researcher Dr Rochelle Walensky said: "This is a trade-off that many of us will find emotionally difficult, and perhaps even ethically impossible, to recommend."For patients who took their medications well and adhered to the medical regimen, the generic option would be a bit more complex but could be as effective as the standard regimen, she said.But those who missed a dose faced treatment failure.She said this trade-off might be more acceptable if the financial savings were redirected to other aspects of HIV medicine.The researchers calculate that for every 15 patients switched to the generic-based regimen, one who is also infected with hepatitis C could be treated and potentially cured of that infection.Jason Warriner, of the Terrence Higgins Trust, a UK HIV charity, said: "We welcome this research, which couldn't be more timely."There are around 7,000 people diagnosed annually in the UK, meaning the cost of anti-HIV drugs is rising year on year."With the NHS under unprecedented financial pressure, the spread of the epidemic is a challenge not just for public health but for the public purse."Introducing generic medications would be one way for the health service to reduce expenditure, but this must not be at the expense of patient health."Anything that compromises the effectiveness of anti-HIV drugs, or makes people less likely to stick to treatments, would be a false economy."Currently, ensuring people with HIV are diagnosed and on treatment is a cornerstone of HIV prevention efforts."Effective medications not only keep those living with the virus fit and well, they also help to keep down new infections."


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The partnership of Tiesto and (RED) has been a globally recognized project. First, the release of the exclusive compilation album entitled "Dance (RED), Save Lives," dropped on Nov. 27th and today, marks the worldwide livestream of Melbourne's Stereosonic festival on December 1st and 2nd. The album features artists such as Diplo, Calvin Harris, Avicii and Laidback Luke, along with a collaboration between Tiesto and Bono of U2.
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Yahoo may be struggling to find its way now, but back in 2005, the company was on Fortune's hot list. Ranked number one that year on our Fastest-Growing Companies list, Yahoo was the company to watch. Since then, Yahoo has held on to valuable assets, but never really figured out how to streamline them, losing ground and market share over the years to search giant Google.
Part of the company's recent problems has been due to its trouble keeping leaders. The ungraceful departure of former CEO Scott Thompson, who was accused of lying on his resume, was only the most recent event in the HR soap opera.
Things at Yahoo are looking up, however. The company just hired former Google exec Marissa Mayer as its new CEO this past July. She may have a shot at creating a coherent rebound strategy for Yahoo to get it back on the growth list again.
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text: Intramural Sports Whether you are a former athlete looking to scratch that competitive itch, or a former fan waiting for your chance to compete, Intramural Sports at Cornerstone are a great way for you to get in the game. Intramural sports take place each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night all throughout the academic year, and range from Flag Football to Ultimate Frisbee. There is something for everyone, no matter what skill level. The sports, in order of season, are listed below: Flag Football (September - Mid-October) Ultimate Frisbee (end of October) Indoor Volleyball (November - December) Indoor Soccer (January - February) Basketball (March - April) Slow-Pitch Softball (April) For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com Student Intramural Sports Directors: Steve Cuny, Spencer Riva & Josiah Badger


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Cygnett is pleased to release the latest iterations of their successful design series – WorkMate – for the iPhone 5, iPod touch 5th Gen as well as Samsung Galaxy SIII. WorkMate has become one of Cygnett's most prolific cases, designed for iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy SII and the rebooted WorkMate for the latest release.
Cygnett's Industrial Designer Shannon Brown said, 'WorkMate's become a flagship series for us. We saw a need for a heavy duty case that didn't add a lot of bulk… I'm really pleased with the new WorkMate series. It feels cohesive and resolved.' (Click to view WorkMate Drop Test from a ladder onto the road, http://www.youtube.com/CygnettSneakPeek)
The WorkMate shock-absorbing case series was inspired by a heavy duty aesthetic. The silicone inner is spark-etched and chemically enhanced to repel fingerprints and minor marks. It sits inside a strong polycarbonate shell, with a rubberised coating for an easy-grip, matte finish.
The silicone has inner ridges to create a cavity at the rear of the device that disperses point-of-impact shocks. The silicone protrudes beyond the polycarbonate on the front and back to create non-slip 'feet' and reduce wear to the polycarbonate.
Extremely protective, yet much slimmer than traditional highly-protective cases, the WorkMate is intended for those who're not always kind to their things. The treatments and finishes reference industrial machinery – the triggers and housing of power tools and tread plate steel – but these touches are subtle within a slim-fitting form, so the WorkMate is suitable for any setting. The series includes;
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LuAnn Jones talk to What I Do about her role as a historian in the Park History Program, and how she uses her background in oral history to train and teach in a variety of interdisciplinary settings.
John A. Lawrence, who wrote the inaugural essay in "Career Paths" in the September 2013 issue of Perspectives on History, sits down for What I Do and talks about his time on the Hill and how a historian's training helped him see what's really important, in any environment.
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Release 3.0 of the Blackboard Transaction System represents a major
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I used to drink ACV in hot water, but that hurt my throat, and the acid can completely destroy teeth. With these capsules, I'm able to get all the benifit without the acid-on-my-throat, and the additions are wonderful, and very well selected! (For instance, no matter how much you exersize, you're not going to lose weight if your body doesn't have enough chromium, and that's what they include.) This is worth my money completely. I'm planning on my second bottle, and have gotten my Mom started on them, too! Thank you!
We will see
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Posted by adnangrebovic From Bosnia and Herzegovina on Feb 28, 2013
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This thing take a long time to take effect, but it's completely safe. I am starting to take it it's January 4th now. We will see. ------------Today is 18 january. I have lost 1,5 kg. But I am going to discontinue to use this product because it's too much of a diuretic. I hate that effect. Skin on my hands gets shriveled, and I feel dry. On the other hand my mom gets bloated by this, very bloated, you can actually see how it is not good. I gave her 2 cups of very strong senna tea to undo the damage. THIS STUFF IS JUST NOT GOOD. THEY NEED TO GET RID OF GLUCOMANNAN IN THIS FORMULA, AND PUT IN SENNA OR SOME OTHER, MAYBE MILDER LAXATIVE, FOR EXAMPLE HIBISCUS. One star from me...
I love this product
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Posted by Reviewer2680114 From Australia on Jul 08, 2010
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At home I drink Cider Vinegar 3 times a day to help normalize my blood sugar. However, when I am out, or traveling, it is unsuitable to bring a bottle of liquid Cider Vinegar. I find the capsule equally as effective as the liquid so there is no compromise for me. Delivery to Melbourne Australia was 4 days, so great price and great service. Thank you iherb, I will be back.
Good product
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I like the combination of ingredients. These work for me when combined with healty eating plan and exercise--not a magic bullet


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In what appears to be a retro trend — hearkening back to the days when show organizers contracted directly with specialty suppliers — several associations, including the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, have chosen to become their own general contractors.
What does this mean for exhibitors? "We'll be able to offer superior customer service, stabilize the costs of exhibiting, and take the hassle out of exhibiting at trade shows," says Charles D. Yuska, president of PMMI, Arlington, Va., which recently created PACK EXPO Services LLC to service the PACK EXPO trade shows.
"This is different from other customers who hire us as their general service contractor, where we give them bids and they leave it to us to set the prices," says Ray Pekowski, president and CEO of The Expo Group, Irving, Texas, which is supplying the software that PES is using to manage show details. "Here, PACK EXPO will have full control of everything. They'll set the prices, collect the dollars, and pay the suppliers."
How will this stabilize exhibitor costs? PES will negotiate directly with suppliers to get the best value for exhibitors. Because PMMI isn't in the business of general contracting, PES can operate on a more narrow margin and offer services at lower prices than a general contractor.
Whether a show the size of PACK EXPO, at 1.2 million net square feet, can deliver on its promise remains to be seen. The first trial will be PACK EXPO International, to be held in November 2004 at Chicago's McCormick Place, with an expected 1,600 exhibiting companies.
PMMI may be the first association to form its own limited liability corporation for service contracting, but it is not the first to become its own service contractor. Atlanta-based TradeshowLogistics, another show management system, has persuaded at least two associations to do so. AFCOM, Orange, Calif.-based producer of the IS Expo for data center professionals, has produced two editions of its IS Expo with TradeshowLogistics. The most recent was the spring 2003 show at the Las Vegas Convention Center with 85 exhibiting companies. The American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill., will also use Tradeshow-Logistics for its November event at the New Orleans Convention Center, with 275 to 300 exhibiting companies.


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Economics and regulation
Heathrow makes up some of the UK's most critical transport infrastructure. As a result we have a range of obligations, in the form of regulation we must fulfil. Various regulatory bodies in the UK influence Heathrow's operations including:
- The Department for Transport responsible for UK aviation policy.
- The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) , the UK's independent aviation sector regulator, responsible for the price regulation of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports and more general consumer regulation of UK airports including Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton.
- The Competition Commission is the competition regulator but it is also involved in price control determinations for three London airports which are carried out typically every five years.
Airports are governed by the Airport Act 1986, which establishes a system of economic regulation for those airports with an annual turnover in excess of £1 million. Under the terms of the Airport Act 1986, airports must have permission, granted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in order to levy charges. Further The Secretary of State determines which airports are "designated" and thus required to operate with price caps.
Heathrow Airport Limited (Heathrow) is currently a designated airport and is therefore subject to price controls imposed by the CAA.
The CAA conducts a regulatory review generally every five years (also referred to as "Quinquennium") prior the setting the price cap. The latest regulatory review took place in 2007/08, where the regulator set the price cap for airport charges effective 1st April 2008 to 31st March 2013. Since then the regulatory period has been extended to 31st March 2014.
Economic regulation
The CAA undertakes its duty to economically regulate Heathrow by adopting a regulatory mechanism known as RPI +/-"X" under Single Till regulation. This mechanism limits the amount that can be levied by way of airport charges on a per passenger basis over the price control period.
The "X" value is the percentage that the airport can charge on a per passenger basis and is formulated by taking into consideration the "Building Blocks", a commonly used approach in regulated sectors.
Under this approach, a regulated asset base (RAB) is defined and valued. As time progresses, capital expenditure (capex) is added to the RAB. The RAB drives two of the fundamental building blocks that make up a company's revenue requirement: the cost of capital (the return on the RAB) and the depreciation allowance (return of the RAB). These two building blocks are then added to the projected level of operating expenditure (opex) to calculate the total revenue requirement for the business.
The CAA has adopted a Single till approach to airport regulation. This is a form of cross subsidy and requires that projected revenues from non-regulated charges are deducted from the total revenue requirement. The remainder represents the revenue to be recovered through regulated airport charges, which is expressed as revenue yield per passenger (i.e. required regulated revenues divided by projected passenger numbers).
Other aspects of economic regulation
The CAA has also created a mandatory service quality regime for Heathrow. This regime specifies certain service quality measures against which the CAA has assigned targets for Heathrow to deliver. If Heathrow fails to deliver the assigned targets it is required to make penalty payments to airlines. The total annual amount of penalty payment at risk is 7% of total airport charges.
In the following pages you will find information about how Heathrow Airport is regulated.
Related documents
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There's a reason Greater Oklahoma City is such a great place for business: Location. The ten county region is positioned within a day's drive of the rapidly-growing south-central region (OK, TX, AR, LA) projected to grow more than 44% during the next 25 years.
Explore the counties and cities of Greater Oklahoma City including major employers and higher education. The ten county region boasts an average commute time of 20 minutes and a skilled workforce over half a million strong.
Oklahoma has a strong aerospace infrastructure, with 54 state-of-art training centers across the state.
In Oklahoma, one in 10 employees derives income from the aviation industry, with an industrial output of nearly $12.5 Billion a year.
After spending the past several months working real estate deals in Florida, local broker Gary Gregory sees an economic map that has almost the entire country under water with just a few visible islands of relative prosperity.
Oklahoma City, he says, is one of those islands, and the latest economic reports appear to back that assertion, though waves are clearly crashing against the shore.
The city's sales tax collections for January, reflecting December sales, were up 1.6 percent over the same period the year before. The year-to-date collections, meanwhile, are up by 5.72 percent. And while the growth rate for the year has slowed, city budget director Craig Freeman said Oklahoma City is going against the national trend.
January decline seen
"The sales taxes look very good right now," Freeman said. "But January was the first month we had lower levels. We keep expecting that at some point, to come we're going to be affected by the national economy."
Freeman said the latest reports, while showing some benefit from a state tax amnesty program that ended in the fall, still show surprising growth in areas ranging from home furnishings to eating and drinking establishments.
Freeman said local sales tax growth is expected to continue at a rate of 5 percent through the June 30 end of the fiscal year.
Not all of the numbers look so good.
Engineering permit fees, a key indicator on housing and commercial construction, are down 32 percent. And while home furnishings were up 10.2 percent and eating and drinking establishments were up 3 percent over a year ago, general merchandise sales were down 4.9 percent.
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Freeman also is keeping his eyes on oil and gas prices.
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2012-2013 Fiscal Year Statistics Report
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When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, "Leo Gursky is survived by an apartment full of shit." I'm surprised I haven't been buried alive. I have to struggle to keep a path clear between bed and toilet, toilet and kitchen table, table and front door. If I want to get from the toilet to the front door, I have to go by way of the kitchen table. I like to imagine the bed as home plate, the toilet as first, the kitchen table as second, the front door as third: should the doorbell ring while I am lying in bed, I have to round the toilet and the kitchen table in order to arrive at the door. If it happens to be Bruno, I let him in without a word and then jog back to bed, the roar of the invisible crowd ringing in my ears.
I often wonder who will be the last person to see me alive. If I had to bet, I'd bet on the delivery boy from the Chinese takeout. I order in four nights out of seven. Whenever he comes, I make a big production of finding my wallet. He stands at the door holding the greasy bag while I wonder if this is the night I'll finish off my spring roll, climb into bed, and have a heart attack in my sleep.
I try to make a point of being seen. Often when I'm out I'll buy a juice, even if I'm not thirsty. If the store is crowded, I'll sometimes go so far as to drop my change all over the floor, the nickels and dimes skidding in every direction. I'll go into the Athlete's Foot and say, "What do you have in sneakers?" The clerk will look me over like the poor schmuck that I am and direct me to the one pair of Rockports they carry, something in spanking white. "Nah," I'll say, "I have those already," and then I'll make my way over to the Reeboks and pick out something that doesn't even resemble a shoe, a waterproof bootie, maybe, and ask for it in size 9. The kid will look again, more carefully. "Size 9," I'll repeat, holding his gaze while I clutch the webbed shoe. He'll shake his head and go to the back for them, and by the time he returns I'm peeling off my socks. I'll roll my pant legs up and look down at those decrepit things my feet, and an awkward minute will pass until it becomes clear that I'm waiting for him to slip the booties onto them. I never actually buy. All I want is not to die on a day when I went unseen.
A few months ago, I saw an ad in the paper. It said, "needed: nude model for drawing class. $15 an hour." It seemed too good to be true. To have so much looked at. By so many. I called the number. A woman told me to come the following Tuesday. I tried to describe myself, but she wasn't interested. "Anything will do," she said.
The days passed slowly. I told Bruno about it, but he misunderstood. He thought I was signing up for a drawing class in order to see nude girls. He didn't want to be corrected. "Their breasts?"he asked. "They show their boobs?" I shrugged. "And down there?"
After Mrs. Freid on the fourth floor died and it took three days for anyone to find her, Bruno and I got into the habit of checking on each other. We'd make little excuses—"I ran out of toilet paper," I'd say when Bruno opened his door. A day would pass. There would be a knock on my door. "I lost my TV Guide," he'd explain, and I'd go and find him mine, even though I knew his was right where it always was, on his couch. Once, he came down on a Sunday afternoon. "I need a cup of flour," he said. It was clumsy, but I couldn't help myself. "You don't know how to cook," I said. There was a moment of silence. Bruno looked me in the eye. "What do you know," he said. "I'm baking a cake."
When I came to America, I knew hardly anyone, only a second cousin who was a locksmith, so I worked for him. If he'd been a shoemaker, I would have been a shoemaker; if he had shovelled shit, I, too, would have shovelled. But he was a locksmith, he taught me the trade, and that's what I became. We had a little business together, and then one year he got TB. They had to cut his liver out, and he got a 106 temperature and died, so I took it over. I went on sending his wife half the profits, even after she married a doctor and moved to Bayside. I stayed in the business for more than fifty years. It's not what I would have imagined for myself. And yet. The truth is I came to like it. I helped in those who were locked out; others I helped keep out what shouldn't be let in, so that they could sleep without nightmares.
Then one day I was looking out the window. Maybe I was contemplating the sky. Put even a fool in front of the window and you'll get a Spinoza; in the end life makes window-watchers of us all. The afternoon went by; little grains of darkness sifted down. I reached for the chain on the bulb and suddenly it was as if an elephant had stepped on my heart. I fell to my knees. I thought, I didn't live forever. A minute passed. Another minute. Another. I clawed at the floor, pulling myself along toward the phone.


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Quick Breakfast Tostada
This hearty dish, with eggs, beans, and cheese, will give your day a hearty start. Add a little cooked chicken or ground beef
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At first glance, Spheal looks like a pretty bulky tank. Its relatively high HP and average defenses, coupled with its good support movepool, stick out to make this baby walrus appealing. Similar to last generation, Spheal can pull off a stall set with the help of Ice Body healing it in the hail, but there are things holding Spheal back. New Fighting-type Pokemon such as Timburr, Mienfoo, and Scraggy represent a huge hindrance to Spheal's stalling attempts. It also sports a really bad defensive typing, with four weaknesses and only two resistances, including a weakness to Stealth Rock. Overall, Spheal is rather mediocre this generation, and should only be used on a hail-based team.
Spheal performs much like Walrein does in the upper tiers, using Substitute and Protect to stall out many threats. With hail falling, Spheal's Ice Body will activate, which when used in tangent with Leftovers, heals most of the health lost from Substitute. Aqua Ring allows it to heal all the health loss over two turns, making this set work even more effectively. Super Fang is a great move in the last slot, as it takes out half of the opponent's health, making it much easier for hail to knock the opponent out. Blizzard and Surf are both reliable STAB options. Blizzard has better coverage and is also more powerful, while Surf has more PP and can be used to hit Rock-type Pokemon hard, who would otherwise pose a threat to Spheal. Finally, Toxic is also a viable option, allowing it to slowly whittle away at the opponent's health.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
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Hail may be useful if your team lacks Snover or as a back up in case Snover faints and hail is gone. However, if Aqua Ring is not used, then Spheal only heals a small amount of health each turn. A different EV spread can be used to be more bulky in one defensive stat, but makes it more vulnerable in its other stat. Thick Fat can be used if Spheal is not used on a hail team. With Thick Fat, it can switch in to any Ice-type attack with impunity, and take Fire-type attacks well. Encore can be used to lock an opponent into a move, either forcing it to switch out or allow you to take advantage of it by sending in a set-up sweeper. Yawn can be used to phaze opponents, but is generally inferior unless you're running entry hazards.
Checks and Counters
First of all, any Pokemon who can change the weather immediately becomes a counter because Spheal hates any weather other than hail. Hippopotas can change the weather by switching in, making it much easier to deal with Spheal. Other than weather changers, most Pokemon who don't get hurt by hail can be called a counter. Solosis does not get hurt by hail thanks to Magic Guard and can set up Calm Mind, rendering Spheal's special attacks useless. Likewise, Abra is a threat if Blizzard or Surf is not present. Finally, other Ice-type Pokemon can deal with Spheal, especially if it runs Blizzard, as Ice-types resist Blizzard.


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The mission of the Women's and Children's Hospital Emergency Center is to provide appropriate, rapid emergency care and/or transport for all patients seeking such care regardless of their socio-economic status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or ability to pay.
Emergency care hinges on rapid assessment, formation of plans of action, and follow-through with those plans. It involves all levels of caregivers: physicians, pre-hospital care providers, nurses, and ancillary staff such as Respiratory Therapy, Radiology, etc. The Emergency Center is a key component in the delivery of this emergency care, and is a leader in the providing critical and emergency care services to all patients.
The Emergency Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is staffed at all times with at least one attending level physician, at least four registered professional nurses, and with support staff which includes clerical staff. As an integral part of Women's and Children's Hospital, it has access to the resources of the hospital to meet its mission. The Emergency Center provides medical screening exams and stabilization for all varieties of patient populations, including but not limited to those with medical, surgical, obstetric, trauma, pediatric, and psychiatric problems.


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EDMONTON - Three young men were each fined $3,000 for pointing a laser at the Edmonton police's Air-1 helicopter in September, an unprecedented fine in Alberta.
Mohamed Cheikh-Mohamad, 19, Khaled Ahmad Safi, 20, and Mohammed El-Mustapha, 19, pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft under the Federal Aeronautics Act in provincial court on Tuesday.
On Sept. 7, 2013, police were flying above 153rd Avenue and 117th Street in the Castle Downs area just before midnight when the pilot saw a flash of green light, Crown prosecutor Breena Smith told court. He put on protective glasses and was able to pinpoint the source. Police on the ground arrested the three men, who beamed the laser at the helicopter for two minutes.
Smith said the laser could have damaged the pilot's retina or left him with a temporary loss of vision.
It was a "continuous and relentless attack," Smith said. "It could have been catastrophic."
Smith and the defence agreed on the fine as a joint submission after considering the length of the laser strike and the risk to the officers and the public below.
In previous Alberta cases, Smith said fines of $500 and $1,000 were handed out for laser strikes lasting from 30 seconds to one minute. One of those happened in 2009, when a man fiddling with his son's toy laser inadvertently hit the Air-1 helicopter and was fined $500.
Under the Aeronautics Act, the maximum penalty is $25,000 or 18 months in prison, or both.
The Crown also took into account that the three men do not have previous criminal records, nor did the laser strike cause any injuries or damage. They co-operated with police, entered early guilty pleas and are youthful offenders, the court heard.
Defence lawyer Mona Karout said it was an "expensive lesson for all three of them."


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Carved by National Award winning carver Tom Christie, these New Storm Front Green Wings are the most natural looking teal ever to hit the market. An innovative keel design includes center tie points allowing for added motion on light wind days. Depth adjusting eyelet allows for hunters to change water depths without excess decoy line. Secure strap weight location ensures an easy set up and tear down. The paint schemes were also developed utilizing Patent Pending UVision Technology matching the reflectance of real feathers in the full range of light visible to waterfowl, including Ultra-Violet.
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Bravo! Cucina Italiana is coming to Omaha.
The restaurant, described as "upscale affordable dining," will open in Village Pointe this fall adjacent to the shopping center's courtyard. The menu includes entrees like grilled steaks, chops, pizza and pasta. The Omaha location will also have an outdoor dining area.
The restaurant has locations in 19 other states around the country, and Bravo/Brio Restaurant group, which runs Bravo!, also runs Brio Tuscan Grille and Bon Vie Bistro.
The restaurant's website is www.bravoitalian.com.